Who won Nebraska in the 1996 presidential election?

Dole (Republican) carried Nebraska in 1996, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Nebraska have in 1996?

Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes in the 1996 presidential election.

Did Nebraska vote for the national winner in 1996?

No. Nebraska backed Dole, while Bill Clinton won the presidency nationally.

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1996

Nebraska: Dole carries 5 EV.

Nebraska cast its 5 electoral votes for Dole (Republican). National winner: Bill Clinton (Democratic) — Nebraska voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1996 result in Nebraska

Nebraska backed Dole (Republican) in the 1996 presidential election, casting 5 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Bill Clinton (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Nebraska among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Nebraska backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming joined Nebraska for the Republican ticket, while Iowa and Missouri did not. Across the 40 presidential elections Nebraska has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (31 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Bill Clinton took 379 of the 538 electoral votes, against Bob Dole's 159. Bill Clinton led the national popular vote with 49.23% of the ballots cast.

The 1996 national map

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